A new genetic analysis published in the journal Nature revealed that the Elizabethkingia anophelis strain responsible for the 2016 Wisconsin outbre

In Wisconsin local health departments provide follow-up for more than 70 communicable diseases including Zika, Lyme disease, hepatitis C, influenza

Instead, she contracted Elizabethkingia, a bacterial infection. When Mrs.

Cencula had contracted Elizabethkingia, a mysterious bacterial infection that was attributed to multiple deaths in Wisconsin and Michigan.

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Nowadays there are various infections for whose presence we are not yet aware of.

Exactly how 10 people in Illinois recently became infected with a rare bacterial illness called Elizabethkingia is still a mystery, but a new repor

Since late 2015, an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection known as Elizabethkingia has infected dozens and killed more than 20 people, most of the

He also called attention to a rare outbreak of community-associated Elizabethkingia anophelis.

Outbreaks of the mysterious bacteria, Elizabethkingia, has been reported in Wisconsin and most recently, in Illinois.

Elizabethkingia results from bacteria that is naturally ... "It frustrates them and surprises us all," Schaffner told ABC News.

MILWAUKEE — Children's Hospital of Wisconsin says one of its patients has been diagnosed with the bloodstream infection Elizabethkingia (ee-LI

A patient in Children's Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit has been infected with the Elizabethkingia bacterium, hospital officials

if you were a mosquito in the market for a gut-residing bacteria, you’d hire Elizabethkingia anophelis straightaway!

(CNN)A new cluster of Elizabethkingia infection, previously rarely seen in humans, has been found in Illinois, health officials said Wednesday.

Ten people in Illinois have been diagnosed with infections caused by Elizabethkingia, though state public health officials say it is a different st

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (KWQC) – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Wednesday recent test results show 10 Illinois residents have b

Six people have died in Illinois with infections caused by Elizabethkingiaanophelis, though the strain of the bacteria that sickened them is differ

Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteria growing on a blood agar plate.

Here’s a timeline of the response to Elizabethkingia via briefings by the DHS obtained by WBAY’s open records request: Last week of December 2015:

An outbreak of Elizabethkingia bacterial infections has spread to Illinois, as the March death of a 52-year-old woman there has been tied to 18 sim

While many may be worried about the spread of Zika virus to the United States, a rare infectious disease has claimed the lives of at least 20 in th

An outbreak of rare Elizabethkingia anaophelis infections in Wisconsin and beyond have left communities and health officials with questions about t

(CNN)The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed one case of Elizabethkingia in a resident who died earlier this year.